What if you could earn more than a full time General Counsel without the internal politics, fixed salary ceiling, or executive treadmill?

We are helping experienced in-house lawyers in Sydney explore the fractional General Counsel business model.

This is for senior lawyers who already advise founders, boards, executives, or leadership teams and are starting to wonder whether their skill set could become a high-value retained advisory practice of their own.

Not a traditional employed role.

Not a blind leap into business.

A supported pathway into self-employment with structure, credibility, and business development support around you.

What You’ll Receive

100% of revenue paid directly to you

Adaptable contract structure

Remote-first model

Support to build a portfolio of retained clients

A proven process to go from 1 retained client to 3+ over time

Business Development Support from The SELL Life You receive:

Personalised strategy to position yourself as a retained strategic advisor

Frameworks for packaging fractional GC services into monthly retainers

Support to identify and approach the right client market

Referral network of other self-employed lawyers





Vendor discounts and member benefits that rival large firms

Courses, templates, and playbooks for scaling a portfolio practice

Live sessions to solve business development bottlenecks

Who This Is For Senior in-house lawyers who:

Are already operating as strategic business partners

Want more upside than a fixed executive salary

Prefer influence over internal hierarchy

Are confident advising founders, boards, executives, or business owners

Want autonomy but do not want to build everything from scratch

The Result Experienced counsel who move into fractional work can:

Replace or exceed their corporate salary

Work across several growth-focused businesses

Build long-term retained client relationships

Create a practice that belongs entirely to them

This is not a traditional role where we take a big % for introducing a client to you.

It is an chance to explore whether your in-house legal experience could become your own high-value portfolio practice without any need for middlemen or secondment agencies.
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📌 Fractional General Counsel Haymarket (Australia)
🏢 The SELL Life
📍 Australia